Impact Factor
2.84
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.01
201 total citations
h5-index
15
h5 depth signal
Cited share
56.3%
58 of 103
Total citations
201
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.21
External metric anchor
Self-citation
7.0%
14 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
369
Canada
61
United Kingdom
42
China
30
Australia
21
Citing Fields of Research
Psychiatry & Psychology
289
Law & Legal Studies
265
Psychiatry
183
Sociology
127
Political Science & International Relations
64
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,141
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
103
58 cited publications
Last 12 months
82
6.8 publications/month
Open access share
47.6%
39 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
369 citing publications
Leading citing field
Psychiatry & Psychology
289 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
16 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v9n1, 1991-
v9n1, 1991-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Psychiatry & Psychology
Law & Legal Studies
Sociology
Psychiatry
Broad Categories
Behavioral Sciences
Jurisprudence
Psychiatry & Psychology
Law & Legal Studies
Anthropology
Psychiatry
MeSH Descriptors
Behavioral Sciences
Forensic Psychiatry
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70101
Open DOI
Dangerously Vague: The Indeterminacy of Dangerousness Criteria of Preventive Sanctions in Dutch Criminal Law
The imposition of preventive sanctions on offenders—ranging from preventive detention to community supervision—generally requires that the offender is held to be “dangerous”: a legal “dangerousness criterion” must be met. This article sh...
02
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70100
Open DOI
Human Trafficking Myths and Misconceptions: A Scoping Review of Empirical Evidence and Practical Implications
Human trafficking is frequently interpreted through stereotypes and misconceptions that may shape victim recognition, blame, and institutional responses. This scoping review mapped how trafficking myths and related perceptions are concep...
03
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70099
Open DOI
Maltreatment by Parents and Cyber Deviance Among Adolescents in Taiwan: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity
Maltreatment by parents is associated with delinquent behaviors in adolescence, sparking various theoretical explanations. However, whether these explanations of offline delinquency are applicable to cyber deviance remains unclear. Guide...
04
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70098
Open DOI
Issue Information
05
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70096
Open DOI
The Age of Questions: Truth Regimes and Subjectivity in the Era of Large Language Models
This essay explores how digital technologies shape subjectivity's infra‐political constitution, focusing on large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or Gemini within what philosophers, inspired by Michel Foucault, term the “digital trut...
06
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70097
Open DOI
Rule‐Based Versus Generative Extraction of Psychological Symptoms From Forensic Medical Certificates: A Feasibility Study in the French ORFeAD Network
Forensic medical certificates for victims of interpersonal violence describe psychological symptoms in unstructured prose, rarely explicit and requiring inference. To assess the feasibility of two extraction pipelines—rule‐based and a lo...
07
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70093
Open DOI
I Am Missing From My Life. A Casuistic Study About Physician‐Assisted‐Suicide: A Roadmap Toward Italian Legislation
Physician‐assisted suicide (PAS) is a matter of considerable debate in Italy, where a national law does not exist yet while the Constitutional Court issued several judgements on the matter, delineating the contours of the non‐punishabili...
08
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70095
Open DOI
A Closer Look at Rape Myth Beliefs Among University Students: Comparisons and Correlates Based on Field and Stage of Study, Victimisation Experiences, Demographics and Psychological Traits
Disproportionate rates of sexual violence occur among university students, with rape culture and misconceptions about consent prevalent. To comprehensively examine rape myth beliefs among different student groups, 417 UK University stude...
09
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70094
Open DOI
Programs, Predictors, and More Progress: A Narrative Review of the Competency Restoration Literature
Much of prior competency literature has evaluated differences in competent and incompetent defendants. However, there has been a recent surge of research assessing restorability patterns among incompetent defendants, comparing those who ...
10
DOI 10.1002/bsl.70092
Open DOI
Evaluating Concerning Behavior of Fixated Individuals
Fixated individuals who send repeated concerning communications to public figures pose a significant challenge, particularly when such communications escalate to approach or violence. The present study examined associations between three...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
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